diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2546e93f8..10794a77b3 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ stages:
     if: branch =~ /^rel\// AND type != pull_request
   - name: deploy
     if: branch =~ /^rel\// AND type != pull_request
+  - name: post_deploy
+    if: branch =~ /^rel\// AND type != pull_request
 
 jobs:
   allow_failures:
@@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: External ARM64 Integration Test
     - name: External ARM Build
     - name: External ARM Deploy
+    - name: Test Release Builds
   include:
     - stage: build_commit
       os: linux
@@ -141,6 +144,16 @@ jobs:
       script:
         - scripts/travis/external_build.sh ./scripts/travis/deploy_packages.sh
 
+    - stage: post_deploy
+      os: linux
+      name: Test Release Builds
+      script:
+        - scripts/travis/test_release.sh
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          packages:
+            - awscli
+
 # Don't rebuild libsodium every time
 cache:
   directories:
diff --git a/scripts/travis/test_release.sh b/scripts/travis/test_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..82cdcb0681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/travis/test_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# We need to chdir to where the Dockerfile resides so the Docker context is properly set.
+# Otherwise, Docker will look for the file to copied in `/var/lib/docker/tmp`, i.e.,
+#
+#       COPY install.sh .
+#
+
+pushd test/packages
+./test_release.sh
+popd
+
diff --git a/test/packages/install.sh b/test/packages/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7a22eb87dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/packages/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This is currently used by `test_release.sh`.
+# It is copied into a docker image at build time
+# and then invoked at run time.
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -b)
+            shift
+            BUCKET="$1"
+            ;;
+        -c)
+            shift
+            CHANNEL="$1"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option" "$1"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+curl --silent -L https://github.com/algorand/go-algorand-doc/blob/master/downloads/installers/linux_amd64/install_master_linux-amd64.tar.gz?raw=true | tar xzf -
+
+./update.sh -b "$BUCKET" -c "$CHANNEL" -i -p ~/node -d ~/node/data -n
+
+echo "[$0] Testing: algod -v"
+./node/algod -v
+
diff --git a/test/packages/test_release.sh b/test/packages/test_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8fc7820910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/packages/test_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+BLUE_FG=$(tput setaf 4)
+GREEN_FG=$(tput setaf 2)
+RED_FG=$(tput setaf 1)
+TEAL_FG=$(tput setaf 6)
+END_FG_COLOR=$(tput sgr0)
+
+if [[ ! "$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" || ! "$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" ]]
+then
+    echo -e "$RED_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Missing AWS credentials." \
+        "\nExport $GREEN_FG\$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID$END_FG_COLOR and $GREEN_FG\$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY$END_FG_COLOR before running this script." \
+        "\nSee https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/wheres-my-secret-access-key/ to obtain creds."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+OS_LIST=(
+    centos:7
+    centos:8
+    fedora:28
+    ubuntu:16.04
+    ubuntu:18.04
+)
+
+# These are default values which can be changed by the CLI args.
+BUCKET=algorand-builds
+CHANNEL=stable
+
+FAILED=()
+
+while [ "$1" != "" ]; do
+    case "$1" in
+        -b)
+            shift
+            BUCKET="$1"
+            ;;
+        -c)
+            shift
+            CHANNEL="$1"
+            ;;
+        *)
+            echo "Unknown option $1"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+    shift
+done
+
+build_images () {
+    # We'll use this simple tokenized Dockerfile.
+    # https://serverfault.com/a/72511
+    IFS='' read -r -d '' TOKENIZED <<EOF
+FROM {{OS}}
+
+ENV AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=""
+ENV AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=""
+
+{{PACMAN}}
+WORKDIR /root
+COPY install.sh .
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
+EOF
+
+    for item in ${OS_LIST[*]}
+    do
+        # Install root certs.
+        # We use pattern substitution here (like sed).
+        # ${parameter/pattern/substitution}
+        if [[ $item =~ ubuntu ]]
+        then
+            WITH_PACMAN=$(echo -e "${TOKENIZED//\{\{PACMAN\}\}/RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl}")
+        else
+            WITH_PACMAN=$(echo -e "${TOKENIZED//\{\{PACMAN\}\}/RUN yum install -y curl}")
+        fi
+
+        echo -e "$BLUE_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Testing $item..."
+
+        # Note that we now create a Dockerfile so the Docker context is properly set.
+        # Without this context, Docker tried to COPY from /var/lib/docker/tmp and seemed
+        # to do so because the Dockerfile was being automatically generated, i.e.,
+        #
+        #       echo -e "..." | docker build -t foo -
+        #
+        # To avoid this, we now redirect the generated Dockerfile to disk, overwriting it
+        # with each subsequent iteration (and cleaning it up upon exit).
+        #
+        # Since we eventually want to move to storing the Dockerfiles, this seems like an
+        # acceptable tradeoff.
+        echo -e "${WITH_PACMAN/\{\{OS\}\}/$item}" > Dockerfile
+        if ! docker build -t "${item}-test" .
+        then
+            FAILED+=("$item")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+run_images () {
+    for item in ${OS_LIST[*]}
+    do
+        echo "$TEAL_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Running ${item}-test..."
+        if ! docker run --rm --name algorand -e "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" -e "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" -t "${item}-test" bash install.sh -b "$BUCKET" -c "$CHANNEL"
+        then
+            FAILED+=("$item")
+        fi
+    done
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f Dockerfile
+}
+
+check_failures() {
+    if [ "${#FAILED[@]}" -gt 0 ]
+    then
+        echo -e "\n$RED_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR The following images could not be $1:"
+
+        for failed in ${FAILED[*]}
+        do
+            echo " - $failed"
+        done
+
+        echo
+
+        cleanup
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
+build_images
+check_failures built
+echo "$GREEN_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Builds completed with no failures."
+
+run_images
+check_failures run
+echo "$GREEN_FG[$0]$END_FG_COLOR Runs completed with no failures."
+
+cleanup
+exit 0
+